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The Virgin of Orleans

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6w, 20m

Johanna Setzer, Friedrich Schiller

By Friedrich Von Schiller
Translated and Edited for the American Stage by Johanna Setzer
Associate Editor – Elaine Gottesman

This unorthodox portrait of Joan of Arc, written long before her canonization, has the divinely inspired maid involved in palace intrigue, guiltily infatuated with an English general, and dying gloriously on the battlefield while leading the French army to victory. …

The Virgin of Orleans

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 20m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Docudrama/Historic
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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Summary
This unorthodox portrait of Joan of Arc, written long before her canonization, has the divinely inspired maid involved in palace intrigue, guiltily infatuated with an English general, and dying gloriously on the battlefield while leading the French army to victory.
History
The Virgin of Orleans had its American premiere at the Shell-on-the-Mall, Central Park, New York 1977 by the International Council on the Arts and Repertory Theater Corp.
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups
CHARLES VII – King of France
QUEEN ISABEL - His mother
AGNES SOREL – The King’s beloved
PHILIP THE GOOD – Duke of Burgundy
EARL DUNOIS – Bastard of Orleans
LA HIRE – King’s officer
DU CHATEL – King’s officer
ARCHBISHOP  OF RHEIMS
CHATILLON – A Burgundian Knight
RAOUL – A Lotharingian Knight
TALBOT – English general
LIONEL – English officer
FASTOLFE – English officer
MONTGOMERY – A Welshman
AN ENGLISH HERALD
THIBAUT D’ARC – A wealthy countryman
MARGOT – His daughter
LOUISON – His daughter
JOHANNA – His daughter
ETIENNE – A suitor, shepherd
CLAUDE MARIE – A suitor, shepherd
RAIMOND – A suitor, shepherd
BERTRAND - Countryman
APPARITION OF A BLACK KNIGHT
CHARCOAL BURNDER
CHARCOL BURNER’S WIFE
COUNCILMEN OF ORLEANS
SOLDIERS, PEOPLE, OFFICERS OF THE CORWN, BISHOPS, MONKS, MARSHALLS, MAGISTRATES, COURTIERS, OTHER PERSONS IN CORONATION PROCESSION
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Johanna Setzer

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Friedrich Schiller

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